Barron's Online Report Card

One year and 112 stock picks later, less than one percentage point separates our ideas from their benchmarks.

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that returns for our picks, including dividend payments, beat their relevant benchmarks.

Returns for the broad stock indexes in 2012 were in the teens, perhaps fitting for a year that resembled a teenager: moody, political, filled with tantrums and name-calling, as well as short-lived crushes and broken hearts. Amid all those highs and lows, the 112 stock picks by...